Java Team Lead

Why Verifone

For more than 30 years Verifone has established a remarkable record of leadership in the electronic payment technology industry. Verifone has one of the leading electronic payment solutions brands and is one of the largest providers of electronic payment systems worldwide.

Verifone has a diverse, dynamic and fast paced work environment in which employees are focused on results and have opportunities to excel. We take pride in the fact that we work with leading retailers, merchants, banks, and third party partners to invent and deliver innovative payments solution around the world. We strive for excellence in our products and services, and are obsessed with customer happiness. Across the globe, Verifone employees are leading the payments industry through experience, innovation, and an ambitious spirit. Whether it’s developing the next platform of secure payment systems or searching for new ways to bring electronic payments to new markets, the team at Verifone is dedicated to the success of our customers, partners and investors. It is this passion for innovation that drives each one of our employees for personal and professional success.

About the role

We are growing our talented tech team in Romania where we are hiring a Java Team Lead. We are looking for a strong technical leader who has vast experience in building scalable Java based microservices and will contribute to the growth our existing Alternative Payment Methods (APM) stack.

Verifone has developed in-store payment solutions to enable its clients to accept global and domestic Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) in the United States and across Europe. Alternative payments are traditionally QR code-based payments, where a consumer scans a QR code presented to him/her at a merchant or when the merchant scans a QR code on a consumer’s phone to authorize a transaction. Upon scanning, the transaction routes outside of the traditional card acquiring and authorization rails and is authorized by the alternative payment provider.

What you'll do

You will be a part of highly motivated and tech savvy team who has been delivering APMs to entire Globe since few years. No such boundaries/Silos for the member and transparent team culture allows everyone to showcase their knowledge/expertise in all phases of SDLC.

Apart from development responsibilities, you will be Point of Contact for the entire team deliverables with management which requires your close attention on Agile ceremonies, technical guidance to the team, bringing/aligning the best development practices to be followed in liaison with other Verifone teams.

What qualifications will you need to be successful?

• At least 3 years of experience as a team leader, designing and building complex Java based software systems using object-oriented methodologies and design patterns.
• 9+ years of experience in Java software development
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent with strong academic backgrounds
• Experience with Java Core (OOPS- Multi-threading, collections, Algorithms and Data structure, Design patterns)
• Experience with Spring (Spring IOC / Spring Boot / Spring Cloud / Spring Integration); JPA Hibernate; RDBMS(MySQL/Oracle) and NoSQL Experience (Mongo DB); Rest API (Consumption and build) and Micro Service Design Principals
• Understanding of Enterprise Distributed Streaming models like Kafka
• Experience with Maven, Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI), JUnit
• Strong Backend development concepts
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum Software Development practices
• Experience with cloud-based services, AWS is a plus
• Familiarity with Linux or UNIX operating systems
• Hands on experience with tools like Jira, Jenkins, Git, Confluence, Artifactory, etc. is a plus

Your profile:

• You are logical & analytical with a problem-solving mindset (involving coding)
• You pay great attention to details and you can work with minimal supervision
• You are team player and self-driven, with the ability to learn new tools and technologies independently
• You display excellent communication skills in English
• You possess good work ethics and a positive team attitude
• You have a solid track record of technical leadership and building world-class teams
• You have a high tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, customer centric and sales focused entrepreneurial environment

Why you’ll love working with us:

• The opportunity to be part of the design and development of state the art payment applications software
• International work environment and a local team in an exciting growth phase
• Unique opportunity for personal growth
• Attractive compensation package with annual performance bonus
• Flexible benefits package with a monthly budget that you can use for different perks (meal tickets, public transportation refund, gym subscriptions discounts, private pension funding, shopping vouchers etc.)
• Private medical subscription (with 2 different medical providers to choose from) for you and your children
• Bookster subscription